Catherine Hobaiter

This study investigates peering behavior in wild chimpanzees to assess social learning and cultural transmission of everyday skills, finding that peering is used for targeted information seeking and may function as a signal for social interaction.

This study describes the feeding ecology of wild chimpanzees in Bugoma Forest, Uganda, and suggests they occupy a cultural junction, influencing regional behavioral diversity.

The paper detects Zipf's law of brevity in chimpanzee gestures by testing methodological and population-specific factors across three communities.

This study examines Toxoplasma gondii prevalence in wild chimpanzees, finding higher infection rates in a community with greater human interaction and among high-ranking males.

This study examines sex differences in pant-hoot vocalizations among wild Eastern chimpanzees, finding that females use pant-hoots less frequently and in response to others, while males show more varied patterns influenced by social and reproductive factors.

This study examines how aging affects nut-cracking behavior in wild chimpanzees, finding age-related declines in engagement and efficiency with individual variability.

This study examines chimpanzee gesture sequences to determine if they show non-random combinations and how predictability is influenced by combinatorial rules.